Index on Censorship launches the latest issue of its award-winning magazine with a special evening of theatre and discussion marking the 20th anniversary of the revolutions that brought down communism in Eastern Europe.

Rare performances of Samuel Beckett’s Catastrophe and Václav Havel’s Mistake, first published by Index on Censorship in 1984, will be followed by a panel discussion with author and journalist Misha Glenny, Serbian novelist Vladimir Arsenijevic and Index on Censorship chief executive John Kampfner.

Catastrophe and Mistake directed by Jo Blatchley

630pm-830pm, Thursday 17 September
Wine and refreshments will be served
Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road
London EC1R 3GA
(Nearest Underground Farringdon)

To reserve a free place please email events@indexoncensorship.org or call 020 7324 2522
For more information about the festival go to
http://www.freewordonline.com/events/